TalkToMe: Your first App Inventor app - 1 TalkToMe: A beginner App Inventor app This step-by-step picture tutorial will guide you through making a talking app. To get started, sign up for a free Google Account: http://accounts.google.com/signup (If you already have a Google Account, skip this step.) Go to the App Inventor home page: www.appinventor.mit.edu Click the orange "Create Apps" button in the menu bar.
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TalkToMe: Your first App Inventor app - 1
TalkToMe: A beginner App Inventor app
This step-by-step picture tutorial will guide you through making a talking app.
To get started, sign up for a free Google Account:
http://accounts.google.com/signup
(If you already have a Google Account, skip this step.)
Go to the App Inventor home page: www.appinventor.mit.edu
Click the orange "Create Apps" button in the menu bar.
Log in to App Inventor with your Gmail (or Google) username and password.
Use an existing gmail account or school-based google account to log in to ai2.appinventor.mit.edu
(Example Gmail shown below.)
Choose a Google account if you have more than one. Click "Allow".
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Read the App Inventor announcements, then click "Continue".
If you don't have any projects created in App Inventor, you will land in the Projects View.
Start a new project by clicking the "Start new project" button. (If you have already created projects, App Inventor will open the most recent project.)
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Name the project "TalkToMe" (no spaces)
Type in the project name (underscores are allowed, spaces are not) and click OK.
App Inventor opens the Designer window
The "Designer" is where you create the Graphical User Interface (GUI) or the look and feel of
your app. You choose components like Buttons, Images, and Text boxes, and functionalities like
Text-to-Speech, Sensors, and GPS.
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Add a Button Click and hold on the word "Button" in the Palette. Drag your mouse over to the Viewer. Release the
mouse. A new button will appear on the Viewer.
Download the MIT AI2 Companion App from the Google Play Store
and install it on your phone or tablet.
Getting the app through Google Play Store is
preferred because you will get automatic updates.
If your mobile device has a QR code reader app
installed, you can scan the QR code image below. It will
take you to the AI2 Companion app in the Google Play
store where you can download it by clicking the “install”
button. Then, you will find the app in your Downloads
folder on your device.
OR
Search directly for "MIT AI2 Companion" on Google
Play Store, https://play.google.com/store
and then install the app by clicking "install".
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If you were unable to download the AI2 Companion App from the Google Play
Store, you can follow these step to download it directly to your device.
NOTE: Direct APK download (requires manual updates)
Go into your phone's settings, choose "Security"
Scroll down and allow "Unknown Sources" by checking the box.
(This allows apps that are not from the Play Store to be installed on the device.)
Scan this QR code
OR
Type this URL into a web browser on your device: http://appinv.us/companion.
The AI2 Companion app will automatically download.
Regardless of which method you use, scanning the QR code or directly typing the link into your
device’s browser, you will see a message similar to this:
Click “OK”. (Don’t worry, the AI2 Companion app will not harm your mobile device.)
If you don't have a mobile device, you can still use App Inventor by connecting
with the emulator. Visit: http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai2/setup.html and